Proverbs 14:23-31

²³With every one who is careful there is abundance: but the pleasure-taking and indolent shall be in lack.

²⁴A prudent man is the crown of the wise: but the occupation of fools is evil.

²⁵A faithful witness shall deliver a soul from evil: but a deceitful man kindles falsehoods.

²⁶In the fear of the Lord is strong confidence: and he leaves his children a support.

²⁷The commandment of the Lord is a fountain of life; and it causes men to turn aside from the snare of death.

²⁸In a populous nation is the glory of a king: but in the failure of people is the ruin of a prince.

²⁹A man slow to wrath abounds in wisdom: but a man of impatient spirit is very foolish.

³⁰A meek-spirited man is a healer of the heart: but a sensitive heart is a corruption of the bones.

³¹He that oppresses the needy provokes his Maker: but he that honors him has pity upon the poor.